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No. 609,128. Patented Aug. "1898.

H. TEE.

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NITTED STATES HARRY TEE, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

SALT-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,128, dated August16, 1898.

Application filed April 2 9 1 8 9 8.

new and useful Improvements in Salt-Pans,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of partshereinafter described, and claim. i

The drawing represents a central vertical section of the apparatus.

The apparatus comprisesa plurality of superposed vessels at, withconical bottoms 0t and roofs a and connected together at their centersby necks a These vessels are inclosed at the sides by walls (F, thespaces 01 within constituting flues, while partitionwalls (I prevent thegases from acting on the roofs (L The lowermost of the vessels is heatedbelow by solid fuel (or gas) in the furnace-space d, and the gases ofcombustion after acting on the bottom of this vessel pass up into thefiues d between the lower and second vessels, then up into the upperchamberd, and finally away by the chimney-flue 61 When the boiler or panis gas-fired, the

particularly pointed out in the 7 whole quantity of gas may be burned inthe bottom furnace or chamber (1, or partly here and partly in thoseabove. The uppermost Vessel a constitutes both an evaporating vessel anda steam vessel, the upper part of which constitutes a steam-dome. Thebotis a salt-depositing chamber 0.

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shaft b, which moves the salt centripetally to the central openings a asin the pan above described. Below the lower vessel a there Theconnection a between it and the salt-pan above is controlled by a valve0, while the salt is re- .moved from this chamber through the door 0 Thesalt made in the upper vessels co passes into the lowermost vessel a,and thence into the vessel 0, the valve 0 being normally open. To removethe salt from c, the valve 0' is closed, and 0 being then out off fromthe door 0 can be opened, the pressure in 0 being first removed.

,What is claimed in respect of the hereindescribed invention is- Incombination, a series of chambers a arranged one above the other andhaving inclined bottoms and openings axially in line,

the necks between the said chambers, the

shaft common to all the chambers and extending through the necks, thescrapers connected with the said shaft, the heating-fines d and thepartitions d between the chambers, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY TEE.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. WALKER, JOHN W. BRowN.

